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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-5375-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-5375-2022
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01 Dec 2022
Research article |  | 01 Dec 2022

Assessing the influence of ocean alkalinity enhancement on a coastal phytoplankton community

Aaron Ferderer, Zanna Chase, Fraser Kennedy, Kai G. Schulz, and Lennart T. Bach

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Ocean alkalinity enhancement has the capacity to remove vast quantities of carbon from the atmosphere, but its effect on marine ecosystems is largely unknown. We assessed the effect of increased alkalinity on a coastal phytoplankton community when seawater was equilibrated and not equilibrated with atmospheric CO2. We found that the phytoplankton community was moderately affected by increased alkalinity and equilibration with atmospheric CO2 had little influence on this effect.
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